Nidhogg is the epic award-winning fencing tug-of-war, full of graceful acrobatics and clumsy stabs. IRL yelling and excitement may occur, in this ultimate two-player showdown of fast-paced fencing and melee attacks. Beware, advantages in Nidhogg are often fleeting, as new opponents continually spawn in your way.

Recent Reviews:

Very Positive
(79)
- 97% of the 79 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.

All Reviews:

Very Positive
(4,247)
- 87% of the 4,247 user reviews for this game are positive.

September 18

Just set build id 2129021 live! This update fixes a crash that started happening suddenly on the Main Menu screen when the game fetched highscores. We're not sure why this code stopped working a few years in, my best guess is that something with Windows/Steam changed! For the moment, I've just set it so that if the highscores don't fetch properly the game can recover. Unfortunately this means the highscores wont show up at all for the time being. We're still looking into this!

Many thanks to those who alerted me to this over email, twitter, and discord. If you would like to join our Discord community, head over here-- https://discord.gg/nidhogg

Reviews

“A brilliant marriage of mechanics, level design and music that will be played and talked about for years to come.”93/100 – PC Gamer

“It’s the most exhilarating competitive game I’ve played in years.”9/10 – IGN

“Nidhogg is about the purity of two friends on a couch duking it out as Daedelus’s moody dynamic electronica frames acrobatic displays of wits and reflexes. In that sense, it has no equal.”9/10 – Edge

Feature List

4 Challenging Arenas Castle, Wilds, Mines, and Clouds… where will your skills excel? Each level has multiple rooms that test your skills as a player, and highlight your strengths as you attempt to exploit your opponents weaknesses.

2 Player Local-MultiplayerThe best mode in Nidhogg! Playing next to someone is the most fun way to enjoy this game, but fair warning, things might get a little crazy!

Tournament Mode Host the dopest houseparty on your block, with the 3 to 8 person local-multiplayer tournament mode in Nidhogg. Massive amounts of spectator excitement is guaranteed to occur.

Single Player Arcade Mode Practice and tune your fighting strategies against an array of AI personalities. Play a speedrun for bragging rights on the leaderboards!

Full Controller Support Control the whole game from the couch in Big Picture mode!

Dynamic Music by Daedelus Fantastic beats by the infamous electronic music creator, Daedelus. With dynamically altering music created specifically for Nidhogg, the music is unique with each play-through.

Achievements Unlock challenging achievements that will test your skills across all modes of Nidhogg.

Game VariantsIn offline multiplayer or tournament mode, switch up your game play with a new game play mode (or a collection of them!). Toggle on and off Spine Swords, Slow Mode, Trails, Boomerang Swords, Time Limit, No swords, no Throws, Throws only, Divekicks, Baby Mode, Low gravity, Sudden Death Only, Skippy Mode, and Turbo Mode.

About This Game

Nidhogg is the epic award-winning fencing tug-of-war, full of graceful acrobatics and clumsy stabs. IRL yelling and excitement may occur, in this ultimate two-player showdown of fast-paced fencing and melee attacks.

Beware, advantages in Nidhogg are often fleeting, as new opponents continually spawn in your way. Use a variety of fencing maneuvers while armed -- lunges, parries, and even dirty tricks like throwing your sword. If swordless, press forward with punches, sweep kicks, dive kicks, rolls, and wall jumps.

The combat arena stretches in both directions, although besting an opponent only gains you ground. Matches aren’t won or lost with a single kill, but with a series of kills granting you right-of-way to run/fight/flee to your own goal-zone.

Each arena holds different strategic formations and chokepoints to use to your advantage. Until you reach your goal-zone, anything is possible. Only one thing is certain in Nidhogg… the only way to win is to outwit your opponent. En Garde!